Trump’s G7-at-Doral idea keeps looking like a corruption audition
The White House had already floated the idea of holding the 2020 G7 summit at Trump National Doral, and by August 25 the blowback was settling in as an ethics problem rather than a passing flub. Lawmakers and ethics watchdogs were treating it as another example of the president blurring the line between public power and private profit. The issue was not hypothetical: the proposal would have put a major diplomatic event at one of his own businesses.
First recorded Aug 25, 2019·Meaningfully updated Aug 25, 2019
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Trump’s G7-at-Doral idea keeps looking like a corruption audition
The White House had already floated the idea of holding the 2020 G7 summit at Trump National Doral, and by August 25 the blowback was settling in as an ethics problem rather than a passing flub. Lawmakers and ethics watchdogs were treating it as another example of the president blurring the line between public power and private profit. The issue was not hypothetical: the proposal would have put a major diplomatic event at one of his own businesses.
The White House had already floated the idea of holding the 2020 G7 summit at Trump National Doral, and by August 25 the blowback was settling in as an ethics problem rather than a passing flub. Lawmakers and ethics watchdogs were treating it as another example of the president blurring the line between public power and private profit. The issue was not hypothetical: the proposal would have put a major diplomatic ev…
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